Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-02 | Page 2 | Travel West Heavier than Former Years

TRAVEL WEST HEAVIER THAN FORMER YEARS More passengers are aloe traveling fr m the East to the West Pest during tho generally conceded dull winter traffic season than in any other winter season in the tho history of the Union Pacific railroad W. W S. S Basinger Basinger Basinger Ba- Ba singer passenger traffic manager manager of ot the Union Pacific said Saturday uon upon his arrival here He will re remain remain re- re main here until Monday when he I I will continue his tour to the Pacific coast Mr Basinger in in- discussing the unusual heavy winter traffic de deduced deduced tie tie- the following unusual and peculiar peculiar pe pe- culiar traffic statistics Eighty per ent of ot the westbound travelers are W woh h Only one out of ever every third person person person per per- son is buying a trip round-trip ticket from the East to the West Vest The biggest majority of the travelers tray trav elers are from the middle class and composed of ot artisans Forty per pel cent of ot the westbound traffic through Salt Lake stops off at Salt Lake and a corresponding percentage boards the train every everyday everyday everyday day at St. St Lake for tor the West Usually Mr Basinger declared the rich persons of 01 the East have I formed the tho built bulk of the winter traffic traffic traffic fic to the Pacific coast but that is not the this year The Union Pacific has been forced to lUton put lUt on ion an nn extra tourist car to provide for the Increase in persons from the middle class